• A black and white photograph of Hermann Gross holding a metalworking tool, with an in-progress sculpture before him.

The courtyard outside Parliament Hall in Edinburgh

Hector MacQueen on David Sellar’s Essays (Part 1)

by Hector L. MacQueen David Sellar (1941-2019) was a pioneering historian of Scots law who convincingly and conclusively rejected previous interpretations of the subject as a series of false starts and rejected experiments. Instead, he emphasised the continuity of legal…

Covenants and Covenanting

By Neil McIntyre This month, The Scottish Historical Review publishes the first of a series of special issues that tackle key themes in Scottish History. ‘Covenants and Covenanting’ will showcase the latest research on the origins, impact and legacies of…